Nelson Yu Lik-wai

Nelson Yu Lik-wai

Yu Lik-wai (simplified Chinese: 余力为; traditional Chinese: 余力爲; pinyin: Yú Lìwéi; Jyutping: Yu4 Lik6 Wai4; born 12 August 1966), sometimes credited as Nelson Yu, is a Hong Kong cinematographer, film director, and occasional film producer. Born in Hong Kong, Yu Lik-wai was educated at Belgium's INSAS (Institut National Superieur des Arts de Spectacle) where he graduated with a degree in cinematography in 1994. Yu has become a mainstay in both the cinemas of China (where he is perhaps best known for his collaborations with director Jia Zhangke) and Hong Kong. Yu has served as director of photography for nearly all of Chinese director Jia Zhangke's films, and along with Jia, the two men founded their own independent film production company, Xstream Pictures.

  • Title: Nelson Yu Lik-wai
  • Popularity: 0.411
  • Known For: Camera
  • Birthday: 1966-08-12
  • Place of Birth: British Hong Kong
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  • Also Known As: Nelson Lik-wai Yu, 余力为, 余力爲, Nelson Yu, Yu Lik-wai
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Nelson Yu Lik-wai Movies

  • 2010
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    Dream Home

    Dream Home

    6.5 2010 HD

    A woman will go to whatever lengths necessary to obtain her dream home with a view of the sea. This includes driving down the property value and...

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  • 2014
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    Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang

    Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang

    6.9 2014 HD

    Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke returns to the shooting locations of his films, along with his actors, friends and close collaborators. Jia recalls the...

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  • 2009
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    Plastic City

    Plastic City

    3.9 2009 HD

    Yuda, a Chinese immigrant, and his adopted son Kirin, who he saved being eaten by a tiger in the jungle, stand at the head of a massive pirated goods...

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  • 2004
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    Dance Me to the End of Love

    Dance Me to the End of Love

    7 2004 HD

    Plastic city suffers from the big chill. The extreme weather conditions prohibits and human existence on the ground surface. An hostel is under this...

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  • 2004
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    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    3 2004 HD

    Three digital short films: 'Influenza' by Bong Joon-ho, 'Kyo-shin' by Sogo Ishii, 'Dance Me to the End of Love' by Yu Lik-wai

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  • 2004
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    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    3 2004 HD

    Three digital short films: 'Influenza' by Bong Joon-ho, 'Kyo-shin' by Sogo Ishii, 'Dance Me to the End of Love' by Yu Lik-wai

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  • 2004
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    Dance Me to the End of Love

    Dance Me to the End of Love

    7 2004 HD

    Plastic city suffers from the big chill. The extreme weather conditions prohibits and human existence on the ground surface. An hostel is under this...

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  • 1996
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    Neon Goddesses

    Neon Goddesses

    1 1996 HD

    Three provincial girls departed for Beijing. Yu Quin works as a hostess in a night-club, leaving her two-year-old daughter in someone else's care. Hu...

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  • 1999
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    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    6.4 1999 HD

    The film gets under the skin of a very marginalized group: recent immigrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China. Belying the expectation that they will...

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  • 1999
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    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    6.4 1999 HD

    The film gets under the skin of a very marginalized group: recent immigrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China. Belying the expectation that they will...

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  • 2003
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    All Tomorrow's Parties

    All Tomorrow's Parties

    6 2003 HD

    In a future century, after the apocalypse, Gui Dao dynasty controls continental Asia. Zhuai and his younger brother Mian are captured and sent to...

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  • 2003
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    All Tomorrow's Parties

    All Tomorrow's Parties

    6 2003 HD

    In a future century, after the apocalypse, Gui Dao dynasty controls continental Asia. Zhuai and his younger brother Mian are captured and sent to...

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  • 2001
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    In Public

    In Public

    6.091 2001 HD

    A fragmentary landscape for a little train station in a suburban area and a bus stop in a mining town. A lonely soldier in his heavy coat, a tired...

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  • 1970
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    Wild Punch

    Wild Punch

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1996
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    Neon Goddesses

    Neon Goddesses

    1 1996 HD

    Three provincial girls departed for Beijing. Yu Quin works as a hostess in a night-club, leaving her two-year-old daughter in someone else's care. Hu...

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  • 1996
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    Neon Goddesses

    Neon Goddesses

    1 1996 HD

    Three provincial girls departed for Beijing. Yu Quin works as a hostess in a night-club, leaving her two-year-old daughter in someone else's care. Hu...

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  • 2019
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    The Bucket

    The Bucket

    7 2019 HD

    What gifts would your parents prepare when your Chinese New Year visit comes to an end? A film about the taste of home shot on iPhone XS.

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  • 2004
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    Dance Me to the End of Love

    Dance Me to the End of Love

    7 2004 HD

    Plastic city suffers from the big chill. The extreme weather conditions prohibits and human existence on the ground surface. An hostel is under this...

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  • 2013
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    Forgetting to Know You

    Forgetting to Know You

    6 2013 HD

    Young Chinese parents Chen Xuesong and Cai Weihang find their marriage eroding as they deal with financial troubles, jealousy and constant bickering....

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  • 2006
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    Still Life

    Still Life

    7.202 2006 HD

    A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate...

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  • 2004
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    The World

    The World

    6.8 2004 HD

    At Beijing World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments...

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  • 2007
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    Getting Home

    Getting Home

    7.1 2007 HD

    A black comedy about a farmer who tries to bring home the body of his friend, who died far from their town.

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  • 2001
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    Platform

    Platform

    6.905 2001 HD

    China's rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.

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  • 2002
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    Unknown Pleasures

    Unknown Pleasures

    6.3 2002 HD

    Two disaffected, unemployed Chinese youth drift through life on the streets of their industrial town, their paths crossing with that of a local young...

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  • 1999
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    Ordinary Heroes

    Ordinary Heroes

    7.1 1999 HD

    Ordinary Heroes is a narration about the life stories of an advocate, a prostitute, a social worker, and a priest during the social movements from...

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  • 2013
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    A Touch of Sin

    A Touch of Sin

    7.2 2013 HD

    Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

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  • 2011
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    A Simple Life

    A Simple Life

    7.5 2011 HD

    The relationship between a middle-aged man and the elderly woman who has been the family's helper for sixty years.

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  • 2007
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    The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

    The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

    5.7 2007 HD

    Ye Rutang (Siqin Gaowa), a single-living woman in her late fifties, struggles to maintain a dignified life amid the dangers of Shanghai.

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  • 2011
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    Love and Bruises

    Love and Bruises

    5.5 2011 HD

    Hua, a woman in her late twenties, goes against her family to become a teacher in Paris. She falls in love with men who physically abuse her. Will...

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  • 2010
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    I Wish I Knew

    I Wish I Knew

    7 2010 HD

    Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid-1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day.

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  • 2006
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    Dong

    Dong

    5.8 2006 HD

    Jia Zhangke travels with painter Liu Xiaodong from China to Thailand as they as they meet everyday workers in the throes of social turmoil. Liu...

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  • 2010
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    Dream Home

    Dream Home

    6.5 2010 HD

    A woman will go to whatever lengths necessary to obtain her dream home with a view of the sea. This includes driving down the property value and...

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  • 2008
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    24 City

    24 City

    7.056 2008 HD

    As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury...

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  • 2015
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    Smog Journeys

    Smog Journeys

    5.7 2015 HD

    Jia Zhangke's short film for Greenpeace East Asia depicts the effects of air pollution in northeast China, a region frequently blanketed in dangerous...

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  • 2021
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    this body is so impermanent…

    this body is so impermanent…

    1 2021 HD

    A film featuring singer Ganavya, calligrapher Wang Dongling, and dancer Michael Schumacher who during COVID lockdown, created an hour-long meditation...

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  • 2001
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    Platform

    Platform

    6.905 2001 HD

    China's rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.

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  • 1997
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    Pickpocket

    Pickpocket

    7.3 1997 HD

    A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt.

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  • 2004
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    The World

    The World

    6.8 2004 HD

    At Beijing World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments...

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  • 2002
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    Unknown Pleasures

    Unknown Pleasures

    6.3 2002 HD

    Two disaffected, unemployed Chinese youth drift through life on the streets of their industrial town, their paths crossing with that of a local young...

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  • 1970
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    Shanghai, I Love You

    Shanghai, I Love You

    1 1970 HD

    This "Cities of Love" episode takes us to one of the most fascinating cities in the world. Shanghai stands for a long history of sensuality,...

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  • 2025
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    Caught by the Tides

    Caught by the Tides

    1 2025 HD

    In early 2000s China, Qiao Qiao and Guao Bin share a passionate but fragile love. When Guao Bin disappears to try his luck in another province, Qiao...

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  • 2017
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    Our Time Will Come

    Our Time Will Come

    5.971 2017 HD

    In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to...

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  • 2015
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    Mountains May Depart

    Mountains May Depart

    6.924 2015 HD

    The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

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  • 2023
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    The Best is Yet to Come

    The Best is Yet to Come

    6.462 2023 HD

    In 2003, Han Dong, a teenager who dropped out of high school, arrives at Beijing with a dream of becoming a journalist.

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  • 2008
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    Useless

    Useless

    6.4 2008 HD

    Observations of three varied corners of China’s garment industry: workers in a large-scale production line factory; a designer who rallies...

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  • 2008
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    Useless

    Useless

    6.4 2008 HD

    Observations of three varied corners of China’s garment industry: workers in a large-scale production line factory; a designer who rallies...

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  • 2023
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    The Best is Yet to Come

    The Best is Yet to Come

    6.462 2023 HD

    In 2003, Han Dong, a teenager who dropped out of high school, arrives at Beijing with a dream of becoming a journalist.

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  • 2004
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    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    3 2004 HD

    Three digital short films: 'Influenza' by Bong Joon-ho, 'Kyo-shin' by Sogo Ishii, 'Dance Me to the End of Love' by Yu Lik-wai

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  • 2021
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    Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

    Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

    6.967 2021 HD

    Filmmaker Jia Zhangke chronicles his local literature festival in Shanxi, China which includes a multi-generational roster of the country's most...

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  • 2017
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    Revive

    Revive

    1 2017 HD

    Revive is one of five short films within the Jia Zhangke-produced omnibus film Where Has Time Gone? with contributions from each of the BRICS...

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  • 1970
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    Heaven and Hell

    Heaven and Hell

    1 1970 HD

    The movie tells the story of a restaurant owner (played by Duan Yihong) who's chased after the murderer of his son for seven years. On the way, he...

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  • 2016
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    The Hedonists

    The Hedonists

    7.4 2016 HD

    The closure of an unprofitable state-run coal mine in Shanxi, China forces three middle-aged men who worked there to search for employment elsewhere.

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